villsmitte

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From vill (“wild, feral”) +‎ smitte (“contagion, infection”).

Noun

villsmitte m (definite singular villsmitten, indefinite plural villsmitter, definite plural villsmittene)

1. (neologism, epidemiology) contagion of an unknown origin which cannot be found by contract tracing
   • 2021 January 23, “Raymond Johansen er bekymret over villsmitten”, in NRK.no‎^[1], retrieved 2021-01-26:

     Byrådslederen er svært bekymret over villsmitten av det britiske viruset som nå har kommet til Norge.

     The city council leader is much concerned about the villsmitte of the British virus which has come to Norway.

References

• “villsmitte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.